In my 'letter to Nick' yesterday I attributed the characteristics of 'pride, selfishness and laziness' to those not 'striving for Zion'.  This morning in my pondering I have continued to examine that idea and have some additional thoughts.  It seems that there is something more to be considered as many 'evil' ones work very hard at their craft and many 'without law' do as well.  We all only have the same 24 hours in a day to use for good or bad and it becomes difficult to evaluate this complex idea by the number of hours one puts in or compare hard physical labor with mental labor or creative or artistic endeavors.  Besides, not being able to look into the heart and mind makes it impossible to assess one's motives which is the real issue.  Also, we believe in recreation and contemplation as much, or more, then some others, so more needs to said about the opening blanket statement.  D & C 58 says that one 'should be anxiously engaged in a good cause' and in ' 'righteousness'.  So even working really, really hard for pride and selfish interests isn't the answer.  One might quip that working less for a righteous cause is better then working more for an unrighteous one.  The 'why' rather then the 'what' then becomes the focus or the answer to the question.  Everything in D & C 4 can and should fall into the righteous catagory.  But what about the 'worldly' tasks that absolutely need doing?  How can they be handled so they at least don't distract from our righteous desires?